The Growing, Diversifying Feminist Blogosphere The Growing, Diversifying Feminist Blogosphere
As the feminist blogosphere expands in both size and influence, women from a wide spectrum of society are finding their voices and audiences as never before.
Apr 26, 2011 / The Nation
Guantánamo Files Show Media Priorities Guantánamo Files Show Media Priorities
As I perused the latest WikiLeaks releases this morning, a retweet from their Twitter feed caught my eye: “Gitmo: Compare the first paragraph of these two stories about the s...
Apr 25, 2011 / Laura Flanders
How Low Will the ‘Washington Post’ Go? How Low Will the ‘Washington Post’ Go?
The newspaper should be taking a stand against education scams—but it’s dependent on one such program for its profitability.
Apr 21, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
Missed Connections from the Economic to the Social Missed Connections from the Economic to the Social
Is there a journalism school somewhere that teaches up-and-comers to put stories into little boxes? Half our job in independent media, it seems to me, is putting the connections ba...
Apr 19, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Will Social Media Democratize the Arab World? Will Social Media Democratize the Arab World?
Al Jazeera English's Ahmed Shihab-Eldin explains how social media facilitates political movements in the Arab world.
Apr 18, 2011 / The Nation
Representative Ed Markey: In Defense of an Open Internet Representative Ed Markey: In Defense of an Open Internet
At the 2011 National Conference for Media Reform, Markey energized a crowd with talk of keeping the Internet open, fair and free.
Apr 18, 2011 / Edward Markey
They May Have Citizens United But We Have Netizens United They May Have Citizens United But We Have Netizens United
In this speech delivered at the 2011 National Conference for Media Reform in Boston, Representative Ed Markey calls on netizens to fight back against the threats posed by medi...
Apr 18, 2011 / Edward Markey
Rupert Murdoch’s Watergate Rupert Murdoch’s Watergate
An invasion of privacy scandal threatens the careers to two of Murdoch's top executives and the apparent heir the News Corp. empire.
Apr 14, 2011 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
How to Build a Media Reform Movement How to Build a Media Reform Movement
At the 2011 National Conference for Media Reform, Malkia Cyril calls for a social merger, the consolidation of people's voices, to challenge the moneyed interests which currently...
Apr 12, 2011 / Center for Media Justice
NPR Station in LA Suspends Planned Parenthood Spots NPR Station in LA Suspends Planned Parenthood Spots
A tale of journalistic cowardice.
Apr 10, 2011 / Jon Wiener